Word: swiftness
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...TIME staff members, a breaking news story that requires coordinating coverage of events occurring in swift succession in several cities presents a special challenge. This week's dramatic story of the release and arrival in the West of Soviet Dissident Anatoli Shcharansky was just such an occasion. Days before the Soviets handed over Shcharansky, Bonn Bureau Chief William McWhirter set about covering the final days of delicate negotiations for Shcharansky's freedom. He dispatched Correspondent John Kohan, Russian fur hat and extra sweaters in hand, to Berlin to stake out the Glienicker Bridge. Says Kohan, who speaks both German...
...could cause, particularly during a period when the country is undergoing intense international scrutiny, the Marcos administration moved to find the guilty. The day after the killing, a constabulary officer identified by witnesses as the man who pursued Javier across the plaza was arrested. The government also promised a "swift and definitive" resolution of the 1984 incident. Welcome as those actions were, they brought little comfort to the grieving family and friends of Evelio Javier, or to the thousands of Filipinos who wonder how democracy can survive amid gangland violence...
...Dartmouth administration's initial response to the construction of the shanties was swift and seemingly stern. After the Town of Hanover declared the unsightly structures a violation of town ordinances, Dartmouth Dean Edward Shanahan asked the protesters on November 17 "to remove the shanties from the Green today. If you do not, it will be necessary for the college to remove the structures...
...Gramm-Rudman, Congress cannot afford, in its usual fashion, to dither all year long over the budget. If lawmakers fail to pass a budget, the automatic cuts will kick in on Oct. 1. Says Democratic Senator Don Riegle of Michigan: "Congress has never, ever, met a timetable as swift as this will be. It's like riding a bullet...
Three years ago, Goldstar built a plant in Huntsville, Ala., to manufacture color television sets bearing the company's own name. Consumer response was swift and positive. Since 1983, Goldstar's revenues from TV sales have more than tripled, to $100 million in 1985. TV sets with the Samsung label have also become brisk sellers...